The day in posts: 05/14/2001

May 14, 2001

Fashion photography stinks: A retrospective

Fashion photography stinks: A retrospective Yes, it's Slate. But this is fabulous, and an example of what the mag has been doing best of late; what makes it worth checking out, really. Social criticism in the guise of media/higher-end pop cultural criticism. Besides, fashion photography is insane.
posted by raysmj at 7:39 PM PST - 25 comments

Meatfilter?

Meatfilter? Mistyped U R L's usually serve you up a porn site, annoying ads, or endless spawning windows. This one though, gave me a chuckle.

note: you probably don't want to click on any of the links 'cept for the meatfilter one
posted by skwm at 5:25 PM PST - 25 comments

Sony's Mission Statement?

Sony's Mission Statement? Maybe. Maybe not. Regardless, it's a damn fine send-up.
posted by jcterminal at 3:31 PM PST - 7 comments

RealArcade

RealArcade is the future of gaming. Online downloads, rating, message boards, and high score lists are just the beginning of this game distribution-turned-instant-community application. When you can buy games online like this, whats the point of having a shrinkwrapped CD? (note most games are win95/8/ME only)
posted by mathowie at 2:51 PM PST - 27 comments

The Tekken Torture Tournament

The Tekken Torture Tournament wires competitors into a "modified Tekken III Playstation console which converts virtual damage into a bracing, but non-lethal electric shock." (If you live in the Los Angeles area and have a high tolerance for pain, there's still time to register.)
posted by waxpancake at 2:00 PM PST - 11 comments

If you like mix tapes, Art of the Mix is a must-see site. The site hosts an archive of over 9,000 mix tapes made by music lovers from around the world. You can post your own mixes and contact others for mix tape trades. There's also a discussion forum in which all aspects of making mix tapes are discussed.
posted by Reggie452 at 1:21 PM PST - 8 comments

Something like a gallery

Something like a gallery except it looks like you can actually create art or modify what you've put up right in the browser. Looks really neat.
posted by jcterminal at 12:38 PM PST - 1 comments

Social Security Numbers and privacy.

Social Security Numbers and privacy. I refuse to give my number out whenever possible, but it is getting worse all the time. Thankfully I can still buy batteries and refuse to give Rat Shack my telephone number, and tell Toy R Us where to go when they ask for my zip, but this is frustrating. Wasn't this what people feared about having identification numbers in the first place?
posted by thirteen at 12:30 PM PST - 41 comments

Jeb Bush did not have sex with that woman.

Jeb Bush did not have sex with that woman. No, not that one, this one.
posted by swell at 12:27 PM PST - 12 comments

Go to the Moon Museum, install the Moon Browser, and go to the Moon.
posted by dfowler at 12:23 PM PST - 0 comments - Post a Comment

Ever wonder how much effect the clean air act and emission limits on cars are having on the air we breathe? The the State of the Air 2001 report sponsored by the American Lung Association is for you. An assessment of pollution thorughout the US. Of course my county received an 'F' in this assesment. How is the air where you live?
posted by trox at 11:45 AM PST - 9 comments

Reports of the peanut's demise are greatly exaggerated.

Reports of the peanut's demise are greatly exaggerated. Efforts to counter the declining consumption of peanuts seem to be working, the National Peanut Board has announced. Sometimes you should feel like a nut.
posted by tenbroeck at 11:44 AM PST - 5 comments

Woggers, unite!

Woggers, unite! Smite he which is so crass as to make fun of wogging! (giggle)
posted by rich at 11:22 AM PST - 2 comments

Review validates Supreme Court's decision

Review validates Supreme Court's decision or so says the Miami Herald which endorsed Al Gore for president.
posted by revbrian at 11:16 AM PST - 20 comments

Only in Las Vegas...

Only in Las Vegas... If you're considering an elopement to Las Vegas, but don't want the friends and family to miss out, the Little White Chapel on the Strip now offers live streaming and on-demand replays of those touching moments when the Elvis impersonator goes into "Falling In Love With You". This is what the net was meant for.
posted by holgate at 11:13 AM PST - 3 comments

Right Wing/Left Wing/Corporate Media?

Right Wing/Left Wing/Corporate Media? Which is it? Are the biases just in the eye of the beholder, or are they really there? For instance, I find Fox News right wing biased - but to me NBC/ABC seem pretty balanced, if somewhat anti-left wing liberal. Others find all the outlets to be nothing more than mouthpieces for globalist, capitalist propaganda. Is it any or all of these things?
posted by owillis at 10:54 AM PST - 33 comments

The funniest thing I've seen in many a moon.

The funniest thing I've seen in many a moon. Want to find crazy crap on eBay? Don't waste your prescious time, Disturbing Auctions has done it for you!

This for the golfer in the family.

This for the hawaii-bound honeymooners.

This for... I don't know.
posted by o2b at 9:46 AM PST - 19 comments

Most of us are familiar with stories about government suppression of the free flow of information on the Internet - e.g. China's crackdown on internet dissidents; France's tussle with Yahoo over online sales of Nazi memorabilia; and, fresh from yesterday's news, Iran's closure of 400 internet cafes. But did you know there are no web servers to speak of in North Korea? That you need government permission to own a fax machine or modem in Burma? That Somalia has only one ISP? If you can forgive some of its design peculiarities, this Enemies of the Internet report (by Reporters Without Borders) gives a pretty comprehensive rundown of the international state of online freedoms.
posted by varmint at 9:39 AM PST - 6 comments

See-through electronics as prison-chic

See-through electronics as prison-chic [NYTimes link] The see-through iMac and other transluscent and transparent appliances turn out to have a practical uses in at least one segment of the population.
posted by idiolect at 9:17 AM PST - 4 comments

supreme court rejects medical use of marijuana

supreme court rejects medical use of marijuana oh, goody.
posted by bliss322 at 9:07 AM PST - 42 comments

A Society of Aliterates?

A Society of Aliterates? Confused article in the Washington Post Style section indicts an aliterate society (one where people can read, but choose not to) for selling its soul at the going rate of 1 pic = 1000 words. Conflating "printed material" with "reading" and then with "quality", the author completely ignores what information people actually take away from different media (eg, doesn't notice that "reading" may be crappy s-f [hey, I had to give romance novels a break], while tv can be Frontline or 60 Minutes). Further, they throw in a brief screed against multimedia including highway signs. Bizarre and hypocritical, or maybe just illustrative, in that the writer completely forgoes logic and goes for scare tactics like:

You can walk through whole neighborhoods of houses in the country that do not contain books or magazines

in addition to the old stand-by of ignoring any real historical trend in reading. I want to say it's just some old crank, but can't quite, because the article was passed along by a friend earnestly worried about our aliterate society.
posted by claxton6 at 8:34 AM PST - 36 comments

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